By Lauren Murphy, Voice of Russia
Vietnam’s system of capital punishment is being scrutinized after several people convicted of banking corruption and other financial crimes were sentenced to death. Vietnam is one of only two countries worldwide that executes for those types of crimes; the other is China.
Drug shortage gives Vietnam death-row prisoners reprieve. Photo from Daily News.
Vietnam is one of only two countries worldwide that executes for those types of crimes; the other is China.
In addition, the Southeast Asian nation has been trying to switch to lethal injections, but the European Union refuses to ship the drugs needed because of their use of the death penalty. Delphine Lourtau, Clinical Fellow and Lead Researcher with Death Penalty Worldwide Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago said Vietnam is one of only 22 countries in the world to use capital punishment last year.
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